Democrats Try to End Standoff on Nominations

Senate Democrats plan to try to break the logjam on a number of top administration nominees whose confirmations have been held up by Republican senators.

Next week, Democrats plan a full-Senate vote on Richard Cordray to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an appointment that has been blocked by Republicans who want to change the structure of the two-year old agency. Mr. Cordray has been running the bureau under a...